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RSS FeedsLiberals pledge to ban `assault-style´ firearms, Trudeau says in Toronto amid blackface scandal
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20 september 2019 19:26:37

 
Liberals pledge to ban `assault-style´ firearms, Trudeau says in Toronto amid blackface scandal
(The Star Food)
 


On the second morning since Justin Trudeau’s campaign was rocked by racist images of him wearing blackface makeup, the Liberal leader tried to change the subject, announcing that his party will ban “assault-style” firearms and work with the provinces to allow Canadian municipalities to ban handguns.The platform would make it illegal to own weapons like the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, made infamous in countless mass shootings south of the border. “These weapons are specifically designed to inflict mass human casualties and have no place in Canadian society,” Trudeau said, speaking at a hotel in the Toronto riding of Don Valley East on Friday morning. Witnesses reported the use of semi-automatic weapons in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jonathan Davis in Mississauga, an innocent bystander. Five others were also hurt in the shooting sparked, police said, by a rap video.“You do not need a military-style assault rifle, one designed to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time to take down a deer,” Trudeau said.It is unclear how municipalities might impose a handgun ban within their borders, as the step would require cooperation from the provinces. Premier Doug Ford has said he opposes a ban on handgun sales in Toronto. The Liberals have called the step too expensive for uncertain benefit to impose nationally. It was the second morning since Trudeau’s campaign was rocked by racist images of him wearing blackface makeup. On Thursday, Trudeau said he “deeply, deeply” regrets his actions, saying his privileged upbringing left a blind spot to such racism. “Darkening your face regardless of the context or circumstances is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. I should have understood that then and I never should have done it,” Trudeau said, meeting reporters in Winnipeg.“I’m not that person anymore,” he insisted.The photographs of th ...


 
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